Hospice Survey
What You Need to Know About the Revised Hospice Survey Process
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:30 – 1:30 PM EDT REGISTER Medicare hospice surveyors are now utilizing a significantly reformed survey process that focuses on the quality of care. Surveyors will target four core conditions of participation and review more records under the new process. There is also an emphasis on patient interviews. Hospices need to […]
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About the Revised Hospice Survey Process
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:30 – 1:30 PM EDT REGISTER Medicare hospice surveyors are now utilizing a significantly reformed survey process that focuses on the quality of care. Surveyors will target four core conditions of participation and review more records under the new process. There is also an emphasis on patient interviews. Hospices need to […]
Read MoreCMS Compliance Monitoring of Some Hospice Reforms Limited Until After Proposed Rule
The sweeping changes to the hospice survey program enacted by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA 2021) in late 2020 have various implementation dates, ranging from immediate, to October 1st of this year, to future dates, but the ability of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicse (CMS) to conduct compliance monitoring activities for these provisions will […]
Read MoreNew NAHC Webinar: CMS Plans Sweeping Survey Reforms & Implications for Hospice Providers
Register Tuesday, July 13, 2021 1:00-2:00pm Eastern Sponsored by Homecare Homebase In mid-2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued reports that raised considerable concerns in Congress, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and among hospice stakeholders. While the OIG’s findings indicated that a relatively small percentage of […]
Read MoreNew NAHC Webinar: CMS Plans Sweeping Survey Reforms & Implications for Hospice Providers
Register Tuesday, July 13, 2021 1:00-2:00pm Eastern Sponsored by Homecare Homebase In mid-2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued reports that raised considerable concerns in Congress, at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and among hospice stakeholders. While the OIG’s findings indicated that a relatively […]
Read MoreNAHC Urges CMS on Implementation of Hospice Survey Reforms
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a series of recommendations related to implementation of the hospice survey reforms enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 in late December. The reforms were triggered by Office of the Inspector […]
Read MoreCMS Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum Notes (Feb. 28, 2018)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held a Home Health, Hospice and DME Open Door Forum on February 28, 2018. A summary of the call is below. HOSPICE Electronic submission of the Notice of Election (NOE) – Several problems were identified with electronic submission of the NOE (for previous NAHC coverage click here), […]
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